The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes a thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether-Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been there.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

Denial is much more then an Egyptian River.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.