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.

Most jokes come from good intentions—and most mistakes, too.

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.

The greatest loss is the loss of life.

Being an entrepreneur means the ability to think out of the box by putting away our fear of any risk, including financial.

We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.

I always wanted to do a B&E. Not bacon and eggs. Although I could always go for bacon and eggs. I'm talking about breaking in and entering.

My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well.

I only direct in self-defense.

As human beings we have vulnerabilities. We also have power, but we can't just be powerful all the time.

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.