A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

Prayer is an acknowledgement of your dependence on God and His direction for your life.

Sometimes I live so much in my mind that I forget what is right before my eyes.

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

I think there's a lot more appreciation and maturity and acceptance of everyone's flaws.

Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

I'm a mischievous drunk.

To every trend there is a counter-trend. There are a number of pendulums operating and each creates new business opportunities.