Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.

Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.