Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

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.

The best leaders don't give a damn about the definition of leadership, they are thinking about more important things.

The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process.

The Piper's playing again, and there's a full orchestra.' There was a long silence as Andrew deciphered the cryptic statement. 'A FULL orchestra?

We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins.

Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. Well, roll my breakfast cause I'm a hungry man.

Life to me is just so precious. I fail to see the wrong in keeping someone alive who's still got quality of life even if it's only for a few months.

There's always some kind of hidden logic.

As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

Everybodys got their own situation and their own needs.