The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
I have another proof that we're going to have food in Heaven! And man did eat angel's food. -Manna! So angels can eat food!
I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.
I think it was Rose Macaulay who said, "A house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived. "
Perfection is too high a goal to strive for. Sometimes working hard brings more satisfaction in the end.