Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

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.

Don't exploit your enemy's weakness, for he may have none.Exploit his passions and the battle is yours.

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.

Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!

Mystery is truth's dancing partner.

A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.

Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.

Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

Every child is so helpless - just to survive he has to be political, he has to accept whatsoever the parents are saying.

I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)