Failure is the true test of greatness

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Sometimes the people who are the hardest to love are the ones who need it most.

I'm not really a Jew just Jew-ish not the whole hog.

What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life.

The reluctant hero is always fun to play.

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.

I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife Madonna. That's even why I married her.

When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker.

Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.