The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.