Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

You bruised my ego, you see, and there’s just not enough money in the world to soothe my ego when it gets bruised

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

I think I'm probably quite geeky in a lot of ways. I'm pretty into books, kind of obsessive about that.

The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

I'm not just another bimbo.

Make joy and happiness the center of your world.

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it

There are no plans in President-elect [Donald] Trump's policies moving forward to touch Medicare and Social Security.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.