Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.

The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.

In how many lives there lurks a hidden romance or a hidden terror.

the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.

There is compensation in all things.

At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists.

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

You can never make someone punctual who is not, or quick who is slow, or lively who wants to plod on carefully. I have learnt that every fault is an exaggerated quality, nothing else.

Almost any fool can paint an academy picture, and any imbecile can shoot off a Kodak.

The only glory most of us have to hope for is the glory of being normal.

People do notice you but they behave normally if you behave normal.

There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.

A human being is a deciding being.

I knew from the minute I saw her (Hillary) that if I got involved with her I would fall in love with her.