A good name is better than bags of gold.

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.

For you, I do morning price.

Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it.

I have been born again and again and each time, I have found something to love.

When the world around you is falling to pieces. Invite yourself into a new world that you have invented and can't be touched.

We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.

I think even in today's America, there's a sense that there's something vaguely sexy about cigarettes.

We mustn't start off with the idea that there's only militarism, invasions, and occupations. We really have to look: What are the alternatives here?

Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance.