Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

Friends are the sunshine of life.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

If you have lost a lot of time, then, increase your speed and make up for the time lost

I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

It's the quiet, humble guy that's not saying anything. That's the really dangerous one.

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard.

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.

You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion.

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants - to be loved.

Sometimes we have to prove to others we're strong even where we're not.