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.

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?

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.

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

The first rule when you are in a hole is to ask for a hand out!

Demographics is destiny

The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power.

The voice of one who goes before, to makeThe paths of June more beautiful, is thineSweet May!

Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting at the breaking point) between the visible and the invisible.

Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit.

There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

Affirm continuously to yourself: I am in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .