The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

Great God, Great faith.

When in need, then you shall know those who will care.

The world shall retire from me before I shall retire from the world. John Quincy Adams

When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.

Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.

Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.

You can love a person deeply and sincerely whom you do not like. You can like a person passionately whom you do not love.

And I'm sort of deconstructing the process of what marks came first, what came later. Every aspect of the image is interesting to me to dissect and understand.