The pen is the tongue of the soul; as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.

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.

Every organisation, not just business, needs 1 core competence: Tactical execution

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column.

The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.

One of the key problems is that the Germans know what they do because everywhere they go there's a 'made in Germany' label on it - they can feel proud of Volkswagens and Audis and Mercedes.

We have to earn our Wings every day.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

Our good time is sitting in a coffee shop with a newspaper, writing a line on the back of a napkin. That is the most fun comedians ever have

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Don't read to remember; read to realize.