"It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent."

"There is no glory in otustripping donkeys."

"Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure."

"Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men."

"The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things."

"Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today."

"The Ten Commandments contain 297 words, the Bill of Rights 463 words, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 266 words. A recent federal directive regulating the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words."

"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."

"Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are."

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."

"If a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has the worse for his patient."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."