Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

Your pretense does not fool me, gnome. My eye will be upon you.

The irony of seeking a shrink: they are successful in shrinking your brain but unfortunately they also make your wallet shrink.

One must learn a different... sense of time one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.

Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.

That's the job of our line. Get it deep, cause some commotion, be physical and try to get some garbage goals.

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

Reason and truth will prevail at last

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.