The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

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.

The only French word I know is oui, which means “yes, ” and only recently did I learn it’s spelled o-​u-​i and not w-​e-​e.

So long as we learn it doesn’t matter who teaches us, does it?

I love playing odd roles.

When your last breath arrives, Grammar can do nothing.

We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day - but remember at the time they didn't know they were heroes.

Sometimes the autobiographical link in each story is very literal, like I did work at The Texas School for the Blind, and I did once lose a mattress out of the back of a friend's truck.

What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today.

I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.

All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief.

Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two.