Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.

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.

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened

Because I know you live on the hope of seeing a better tomorrow, unlike the skeptics who have nothing to live for today. I would rather die with hope, than to live without any hope at all.

A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours.

My father was a doctor so I was around death all my life. So, I was very used to it because he was a f-king doctor.

A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.

Your forties is not the time to be thinking about getting pregnant.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.