Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.

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.

There are worse things you can do to people you love than kill them.

There was no thunderbolt, no quickening of the heart, but there was a sense of recognition.A familiarity about his face..

When you talk about escape, know that it doesn’t take place from the front. Hidden paths are always on the back.

Mistrusts sometimes come over one's mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up?

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!

The profit on a good action is to have done it.

I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists