Seek for good, but expect evil.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Thought is barred in this City of Dreadful Joy and conversation is unknown.

Every day I pray about all I do.

We usually break our records every Monday, so we'll see what turns up tonight after midnight. Next month it'll probably be higher, which is always weird.

Oh, my Margaret--my Margaret! no one can tell what you are to me! Dead--cold as you lie there you are the only woman I ever loved! Oh, Margaret--Margaret!

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.

Never get caught acting.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

By working to alleviate the suffering of animals you are working at the cause level of human suffering.

We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.