It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

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.

Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be.

What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories.

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.

Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive.

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

Paper Covers Rock is dazzling in its intensity and intelligence, spell-binding in its terrible beauty.

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.