There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

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.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

For love to eliminate pain is to waste it, for it is love alone that possesses sufficient force to bend pain against everything that would break us.

Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own.

Travel is the best and probably cheapest graduate school you can buy.

I am a shining star, and I surround myself with people who encourage my brightness.

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

And my life went to pieces, like a love letter in the rain.