When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it he will always betray himself.

If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it he will always betray himself.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity read more

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the read more

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend.".

The most complex things are the simplest.

The most complex things are the simplest.

We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of read more

We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.