He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Time is money.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Then in the spring something happened to me. Yes, I remember. I fell in love with James Tyrone and was so happy for time.

This is pity, ” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue.

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

The clearer your vision becomes, the easier it is to guard what God calls you to do.

If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.

I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, "You'd better fight." My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid.

The thinnest people on the planet are those who eat the most carbohydrates.

I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.

We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.