“In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.”

“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.”

“To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.”

“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”

“To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones”

“Being prepared means much, being able to wait means more, but to make use of the right moment means everything”