"To live is well, but to live well is better"

"Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by."

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."

"A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it."

"Gossip needs no carriage."

"A kind word is like a spring day."

"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves."

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."

"If more than ten percent of the population likes a painting it should be burned, for it must be bad."

"Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous."

"As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something."