Clarence Day

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.