On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.

The heaviest thing is an empty heart.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.

Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world.

I was madly in love with life.

Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.

Those who think must govern those that toil.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

Excuses are like rear ends. Everybody has one and they stink.