The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.

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.

all day long, one storm then another—and I take your hands like gentle flowers that blossom into awareness

This is not a universe that is advancing toward a goal

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

With five to ten hundred pure-minded young women threading the streets of the village every evening unattended, vice must slink away, like frost before the rising sun.

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions

The best path between two points is upside-down, between, then inside-out and round again.

All women at all ages do not feel their ages anymore. The young girl feels older, and the older woman feels younger.

Brands must become architects of community.

Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.

The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.