A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

The first wealth is health.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

As we grow old?the beauty steals inward.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.