It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him. -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.

Strong expressions create deep impressions.

Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.

Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.

Be good or be good at it!

Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

women: can't live with them, pass the beer nuts.

We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. . -Ancient Proverb.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

For of Fortune's sharpe adversite, The worste kynde of infortune is this, A man to hav bent in prosperite, And it remembren whan it passed is.

Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.