Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Eventually, I sickened of people, myself included, who didn't think enough of themselves to make something of themselves- people who did only what they had to and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.

The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.