"In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying."

"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."

"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed."

"The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf."

"Perseverance and audacity generally win."

"To each mortal peradventure earth becomes a new machine."

"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child."

"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."

"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently."

"The only real failure in life is one not learned from."