The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.Collection: Brainy
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.
We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.Collection: Food
Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.Collection: Drinking
Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.Collection: Faith
Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.Collection: Ideas
The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.Collection: May
A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.Collection: Greatest Treasure
Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.Collection: Gentleman
We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.Collection: Life
As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.Collection: Book