He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

It's a great life, if you don't weaken.

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure.

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

I learned that you actually have more power when you shut up.

A REAL job is a job you hate.

For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

After examining some of the recent cases which the Postal Service has pursued, vigorous prosecution of, for example, a health food advocate.

There is nothing more satisfying than having a sentence fall into place in a way you feel is right, and then adding another one and then another one. It's extraordinarily satisfying.