There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions.
It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.
Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.
Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.
There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.