Raising children is an uncertain thing success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

I am thankful that sacrifice is non-negotiable, and that counting the cost in giving to another is foolishly assuming that we can put a price on sacrifice.

Our future is our sense of common destiny.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place.

I thought I was raptured up into the air today; turns out, it was just my gas oven exploding.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.