There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.