The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

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

The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.