Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit, and I suppose that this is neither innocent or praiseworthy. Of that lamentable company am I. Conversation after a time bores me, games tire me and my own thoughts, which we are told are the unfailing resource of a sensible man, have a tendency to run dry. Then I fly to my book as the opium-smoker to his pipe.

We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.

A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.