If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.

How essential it is in youth to acquire some intellectual or artistic tastes, in order to furnish the mind, to be able to live inside a mind with attractive and interesting pictures on the walls.

Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.