Human nature is above all things lazy.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

Sometimes our lights goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

I only know that from wherever it is that we're going there can be no turning back.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.