Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.