Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
We may outrun. By violent swiftness that which we run at, and lose by over-running.
The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming to it.
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.
The less I needed, the better I felt.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.