It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow......Irving Washington

Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect......William Shakespeare

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass......Alexandre Dumas

When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery......Maxim Gorky

The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading. General principles must come from books, which, however, must be brought to the test of real life......Samuel Johnson

A man should keep his friendship in constant repair......Samuel Johnson

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday......Pearl Buck

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time......J. Lubbock

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him......Harry Emerson Fosdick

True friendship is like sound health. The value of it is seldom known until it is lost......Charles Caleb Colton

The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant......Rene Descartes

Imagination is more important than knowledge......Albert Einstein

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it......Thomas Fuller