It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.
From Mark Twain
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
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