"How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?"

"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."

"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge."

"In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it."

"Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is."

"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing."

"HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate."

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."

"Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue."

"All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves."