It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

Compassion is a verb...It is the way you live your life every day.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Some sinister secret lay buried in the heart of the graveyard!

Our future is our sense of common destiny.

I don't differentiate between personal and professional work. Everything I do is personal.

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have an interest in your enterprise.

Belts with potbellies are pretty bad. I mean, what about an oversized shirt and a trouser? What about an oversized button-up shirt in linen and a trouser? Do us all a favor.

I thought of breaking down the door, but there's nothing left to say. That Chevy four by four says it all, sitting in my place.

Any model we make does not describe the universe it describes what our brains are capable of saying at this time.

I don't have any interest in changing a system, because the system will simply get bucked back by people who haven't changed.