These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

Great necessities call out great virtues.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

Besides my love for horses and cars, I am passionate about making the cheapest vaccines in the world. I started making life-saving drugs when I was 22.

As time passes, my story fades away.

Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.

"My father," she admitted, "was of Italian extraction. Unfortunately, not an affliction that can be cured." She paused. "Though he did die."

America has had gifted conservative statesmen and national leaders. But with few exceptions, only the liberals have gone down in history as national heroes.

The trees like lungs filling with air. My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair.

To be able to play Jack Kerouac or Sal Paradise, it's mad to me.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

A true friend is someone you can trust with all your secrets.

The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence.