Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

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.

you roll me out flat

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.

Singles are your safest songs on the records. Ones that piss fewer people off, that appeal more to the masses.

That was totally against the runaway

Our attitude towards ourselves should be 'to be satiable in learning' and towards others 'to be tireless in teaching.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing.

Tragedies are about the depths that call up to certain men and insist that they descend.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.