Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.

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.

I never had any problem with my heart, till I met you!

Antonio, " Ash groaned, "you know I hate it when you eat at my desk." "I know, " Antonio replied, "but I don't mind and so long as one of us is reasonable, I figured why not?

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.

In an age of so many people getting hurt in real estate, it shows that you can still do well in real estate.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

So requisite is the use of Astrology to the Arts of Divination, as it were the Key that opens the door of all their Mysteries.

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

I promise you, a lot of it is luck. But you make your own luck by working really hard and trying lots and lots of things.

The use of cases is to establish principles; if the cases decide different from the principles, I must follow the principles, not the decisions.

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.