I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

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 wonder if you know how special you are

I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical.

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.

Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned?

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.

I don't have to be making something to feel like life has value.

The beauty of e-governance is that a few keystrokes can bring smiles on a million faces.