I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

You may have tangible wealth untold

State of the Art is the frenetic and relentless pursuit of doing what its best at that time!

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.

The fastest growing political party is no party.

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.

Fear is energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms. Love is the energy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, HEALS.

Mark Twain is a universe, and he is also a kind of American authority figure. He can say things to America that other people can't say, in a way that can truly be heard.

I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have. So can everybody else.

Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.