Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

She wanted us to have more than five choices. Now we have none.

I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me.

I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.

There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.

Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other.

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.

Look, isn't there any way you can just stamp me as not crazy and let me get outta here.

It is found easier, by the short-sighted victims of disease, to palliate their torments by medicine, than to prevent them by regimen

Boredom comes not from reality but from people who are only half alive.

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.