Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth?Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.