An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
I learned to shoot more accurately because my teachers held the targets.
Maturity is a stage of life when you don't see eye to eye but can walk arm in arm.
Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When you read for understanding, you are fundamentally changed. You are a different person at the end of the story or the novel than you were when it began.
If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it.