Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.