We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern... - Henry Ward Beecher

"‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."

"Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one."

"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."