I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its read more

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.

Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to read more

Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all
Where pity is, for pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a read more

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.