Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.