A great fortune is a great slavery.

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.

Forget yourself. Live for others. You will find your bliss.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.

In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name a subject matter that money doesn't touch.

Imagine wave after wave of joy passing through your whole body. As each wave passes through your body, feel that all worries, tensions, anxieties and problems are being washed away.

Biffy didn't like enigmas - they were out of fashion.

The first lady said about her husband, 'I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures.' And today she was offered her own show on Fox News.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)