And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his brains, if he'd had any.

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.

Gratitude heals, cleanses and purifies.

Ethical vegetarians eat only plant-based food in order to show compassion toward animals and other humans and to benefit the planet.

I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud.

The Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again.

Money talks — but credit has an echo.

Self-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.

Isabel sends her brother a look that could boil him in oil if she had that particular paranormal talent. A thought hits me: maybe she has. It will be fun to find out.

Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals.

It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church.

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.