If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.