If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

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

Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that are dull. As I advance deeper into the vale of years, I live with constantly increasing gusto and excitement. I am sure it all means something; in the last analysis, I am an optimist because I believe in God. Those who have no faith are quite naturally pessimists and I do not blame them.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.