Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)

We will embarrass our descendants, just as our ancestors embarrass us. This is moral progress.

Tiny details imperceptible to us decide everything!

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

I just don't hear anyone else making the music I'm making in my head, so I'll have to do it myself.

If a spiritual being is naive to the lower aspects of the world, they usually are killed or die young. Did Jesus really know which of the twelve would betray him? I doubt it.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one must be of the people.

Caprice is half man. There is something manly about her.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.