Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

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.

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.

The main thing is to not cut yourself and bleed to death in the tub.

People rarely use advice.

Love was the best present of all.

I want to get away, I want to fly away. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Music is an emotion and it makes you feel a certain way. Some songs make you want to dance, while some make you think. Some songs are positive, while some people see those songs as negative.

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.

So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.