All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.