It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.

So much of unhappiness, it seems to me, is due to nerves; and bad nerves are the result of having nothing to do, or doing a thing badly, unsuccessfully or incompetently. Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do. True happiness comes to those who do their work well, followed by a refreshing period of rest. True happiness comes from the right amount of work for the day.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.