If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
No man is useless while he has a friend.
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.