Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

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.

There is no well being without inner peace.

Pain is holy ground in a person's life.

In other times it may have been the business of Christianity to champion the equality of all men

The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys chasing him.

Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away.

To how many is the death of the beloved the parent of faith!

Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.

I pour into the world the eternal streams Wan prophets tent beside, and dream their dreams.

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.