Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.

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.

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution

It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.

In the end, for all our differences and conflicts, most women and men share the same food, work, shelter, bed, life, joy, anguish, and fate. We need each other.

Nonetheless, it moves.

Over hill and under hill

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

Water. Oil pales beside it, and the value of the land itself is measured by it.

If your business requires your presence you don't have a business, you have a job.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.