A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.

Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.