Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.

Faith, in its most correct form, never removes responsibility; it removes fear of responsibility. The results are complete opposites with the greater saying, 'God's will is my delight.'

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer.

Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct.

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously.

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.

I was almost put out of business by a well-meaning corpse.

Come let us mock at the great That had such burdens on the mind And toiled so hard and late To leave some monument behind, Nor thought of the leveling wind.