Let the worst come to the worst.

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.

Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.

Everyone fights an American war.

It's not worth it!It's not workin'!You wanted it to be picture perfect!

The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of “Take to the Sky, ” but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.

I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

Look in the mirror and stare at your eyes and say, "I can and will be successful."

Let me think about the people I care about.