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

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

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.

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

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

I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together. Domestic problems and personal problems are for the time forgotten, and an intellectual intimacy is established that can be maintained in few other ways.