There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

It seems a strange fact that it is almost more important for us to be happy ourselves than to try to make other people happy. By being happy we confer untold benefits upon our fellow men.

It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to push him over.