The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience the next for health of mind and then of body.

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.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

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.

Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?

You are trying to lure us into revealing information you're not entitled to? With chocolate and wine? Are you amateurs?

To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.

I've only been doing this fifty-four years. With a little experience, I might get better.

All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin.

When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!

At the end of every road you meet yourself.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.