As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

You can't foster a relationship with someone who is always checking your performance to make sure it's adequate enough to merit his friendship.

There are places which exist in this world beyond the reach of imagination.

I'm a free person; I feel terribly free. They could put me in chains and I still would be free because my thoughts would be mine - and that's all I want to have.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion.

I always made stuff but never thought, I'm going to be an artist.

Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.

My mother is part albino." Bella Swan