If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

Your neighbor is the man who needs you.

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.

Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?