We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life.

Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

Sometimes there are no second chances; so forgive the past, remember the present and prepare for the future. It's the read more

Sometimes there are no second chances; so forgive the past, remember the present and prepare for the future. It's the only life you're given.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as read more

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if read more

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases read more

A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases of life.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good read more

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy -- I mean that if you are happy you will be good.