The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

Silence never makes any blunders.

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.