Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

A library — a place full of books! Imagine!" Ivy couldn't imagine a place closer to heaven. Think of all the books you could read!

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

I feel like fame is wasted on me.

If Justice is pictured blindfold, it is because she judges causes, not men, and not because the prime faculty of an arbitrator is lack of discernment.

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.

Make a faster machine and people will flock to inefficient software.

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

They love too much that die for love.

Bless your heart, they don't mind--they're exceedingly kind-- They don't blame you--as long as you're funny!