A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.

French name, English accent, American school. Anna confused.

Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.

I'm not an extravagant guy ... I don't like going over the top on anything. I have what I need and I try to keep it that way.

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

One of my daughters was a bit flat-chested, so she had implants and she's got a lovely pair now. I see nothing wrong with it.