It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
"Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take."
"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way."
"Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius."
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Man was created a little lower than the angels, and has been getting lower ever since.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
There is a wisdom of the head,
and... a wisdom of the heart.
~Charles Dickens
Shangri-la, the presidential hideaway near Thurmont, Maryland, was renamed Camp David in honor of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's father and grandson on May 22, 1953.
