"Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand."

"It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands."

"Open your mouth and purse cautiously; and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great."

"She was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same-you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again."

"If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten."

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness."

"For I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

"To save your world you asked this man to die; Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?"

"It becomes a bore doing imaginative books that do not touch imaginations, and at length one stops even planning them."

"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others."

"Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties."

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."