You must not think sir to catch old birds with chaff.

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.

Your world is your story with tragedies and triumphs

No matter how obstacles may "play" you over the bar, you will be able to assume your shape when your passion is always intact. You will not burst!

Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.

People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.

There's no victory-condition for being human.

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

How can anyone be against love?

Traditional Anglo-Saxon intolerance is a local and temporal culture trait like any other.