An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.

You can kill the body, but not the spirit.

By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle.

A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.

To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor.