I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

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.

I'm not insincere. I just don't care, that's all.

The novel is a game or joke shared between author and reader.

Christmas is a good excuse to eat everything.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

But what is opportunity to the man who can't use it?

As long as I can stay north or south, I'm gaining yards.

I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.

My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying.