Every man is the son of his own works.

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.

Sometimes in life, you have to take difficult steps and make tough decisions, in order to achieve something extraordinary.

It is better to seek spirituality than materialism.

Oh! let me love forever. Let me die in love. Life is valueless dust if love touched you never.

This feeling of warm personal attachment and deep affection is what connects, unifies, and binds our humanity.

Life is more Easy with a Little Hope and Big Dreams.

Honesty that can be trusted and respected is a very fragrant flower in the life of a Christian.

We have bottled all the stars this evening, my young friend.

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.

Some of my fellow academics are very hostile, but I sympathize with them. They've been asleep for 500 years and they don't like anybody who comes along and stirs them up.

I watch documentaries for information. I watch films to be entertained.