You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.

A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

Why is it so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.