A stout heart breaks bad luck.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

I don’t know. I guess I’d just like to see you live one day for yourself.

Good writing is more about graft and craft than inspiration and aspiration.

I’m not sure a real man would smoke something that sounds like a mixed drink ice cream cone.

We have to change the world to fit us, not the other way around.

...the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon.

In The End, Humans Will Become Humans Own Worst Enemy.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves.

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.

It looked pretty wild, but I was actually in control of myself. I've never really injured anyone throughout my career.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.