It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body.
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
We must always have old memories and young hopes.
God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.
One thing you will probably remember well is anytime you forgive and forget.