Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

Originality is only variation.

There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.

I knew, really knew, I would never die with my song unsung.

It was only recently that Isabelle had realized other girls weren’t just for envying, avoiding, or disliking.

People have known me for so long, I'm just Della to them.

Energy experts have announced the development of a new fuel made from human brain tissue. It's called assohol.

He that tells a secret is anothers servant. [He that tells a secret is another's servant.]

There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.

If Im diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.

Everywhere you go, mother nature's throwing some curve-ball at you.

Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.