Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings.

Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.

A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.

I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.

The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.