Delay always breeds danger.

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.

There is a weird power in a spoken word.

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary.

A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

We are His greatest handiwork even though we are still a work in progress.

I'm convinced that ideas and behaviors and new products move through a population very much like a disease does.

It is always better to say too little than too much.

I have tons of fans in Canada. I've sold hundreds of thousands of books there.

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

Like a long-legged fly upon the stream / His mind moves upon silence.