Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

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.

Sanctification of the Spirit is the grace of salvation.

A gracefully effortless floating, flowing and flying are the essentials of the ballet’s image of man.

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

Sitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location.

The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name.

Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.

When you're a little weird, you aspire to be normal; when you're very weird, you aspire to be recognized for it.

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington