"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction"

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself"