“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”

“Thou art to me a delicious torment.”

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.”

“What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”

“Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.”

“We are always getting ready to live, but never living”

“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”

“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”

“We must be our own before we can be another’s.”

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…”

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”