If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

Only God can break through the variegated walls of skin to capture the one and only hue of the heart. One Blood.

When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present.

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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one.

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

Was the period of happiness worth the unhappiness that followed a breakup? Most people seemed to think so, because they got on the love train time and time again.

Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.

If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.

The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.