Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.

Men can be stimulated to show off their good qualities to the leader who seems to think they have good qualities.

No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, nomaterial success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.

Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

Anger is a prelude to courage.

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient, but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.