If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.

No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.

As Daffy once said, the best place to hide a glum countenance is onstage at the opera.

when the life gives you lemon, simply sell them and buy something sweet like chocolate

You must read to lead. Reading feeds. It opens our souls to a long line of counselors.

Erase the parts that make me unhappy. I guess that means emphasizing the parts that do.

Treat your advices like your money, don't give it to others unless they ask for it.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.