As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

I wish I was friends with things, " he said at last, "but I'm not. I never had anything to be friends with, and I can't bear people.

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real.

I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.

Washington is the place where nobody believes a rumor until it has been officially denied.

I'm afraid to be on this shore a trunk without limbs, and what I most regret is not to have flower, pulp, or clay for the worm of my suffering.

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

Im hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

This world has angels all too few, and heaven is overflowing.

Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.