Who can refute a sneer?

Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

And O the buttercups! that field O' the cloth of gold, when pennons swam-- Where France set up his lilied shield, His oriflamb, And Henry's lion-standard rolled: What was it to their matchless sheen, Their million million drops of gold Among the green!

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

A man may go into the field and say his prayer and be aware of God, or he may be in Church and be aware of God; but if he is more aware of Him because he is in a quiet place, that is his own deficiency and not due to God, Who is alike present in all things and places, and is willing to give Himself everywhere so far as lies in Him... He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]

Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.

Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.

Misery travels free through the whole world!