The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

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.

‎"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

Humility evolves with every hardship.

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.

Scatterbrain is one of those harmless little words you use a million times... Then it turns up in a crime scene description.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are.

Is it so unjust that a man should leave the world by the same gate through which he entered it?

Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag.

A designer must always think about the unfortunate production engineer who will have to manufacture what you have designed; try to understand his problems.

Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.