No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.

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.

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little.

Take good care of the things you have. Careless people spend more for a given standard of living.

You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.

I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.

Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.

There's an old line that goes like this: An optimist is usually happy. And a pessimist is usually right. Maybe so. But which would you rather be, anyway?

What we might have been dealing with here - with the building of the Pyramids - is an age that got lost. Man had to learn again what they previously had known.

Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

The difference between a cult and a religion is one outlasts its leader.