There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She started one day In the relative way And came back on the previous night.
True worth is doing each day some little good, not dreaming of great things to do by and by.
One step and then another, and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another, and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another, and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another, and the deepest snow is laid.
Yard by yard, it's very hard. But inch by inch, it's a cinch.
It was only a sunny smile, But it scattered the night And little it cost in the giving; Like morning light, And made the day worth living.
Sometimes the littlest things in life are the hardest to take. You can sit on a mountain more comfortably than on a tack.
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.
In time take time while time doth last, for time Is no time when time is past.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
Some people handle the truth carelessly; Others never touch it at all.
Pretty much all the honest truthtelling there is in the world is done by children.
The artist doesn't see things as they are, but as he is.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized.
Never since the time of Copernicus have so many experts been so wrong so often with so little humility.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
In the game of life nothing is less important than the score at half time.
The rich can be "eccentric," the poor have to be considered "nuts."
The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut.