It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.