Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

I love my kids. They are the greatest thing I've ever done with my life, and they bring me joy every day.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident.