With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.
Life is a festival only to the wise.
You never know how you look through other people’s eyes.
My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.
America means opportunity, freedom, power.
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.
The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite...
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.
A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor’s. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.
Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.
Sleep is not, death is not; Who seem to die Live. House you were born in, Friends of your spring-time, old man and young maid, Day’s toil and it’s guerdon, They are all vanishing, Fleeing to fables, Cannot be moored.
Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Each moment of the year has its own beauty.