One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.

The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of its wonders is among the noblest poetry of the race, but today the new science has opened to our eyes vistas of mystery that transcend in their inexplicable marvel anything the ancients ever dreamed.

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.