The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Love prefers twilight to daylight.
Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
The Amen of nature is always a flower.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
