What were once vices are the fashion of the day.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Accept yourself. But realize your behaviors can be bad.

There is no one quite as angry as someone who has just lost a lot of money.

I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.