We never remember days, only moments.

Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

You don't remember days, you remember moments.

A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.