One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey that with twenty casks of vinegar.

If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday.

Nothing is impossible to a valiant heart.

I am of the religion of all those who are brave and good.

You can touch the moon if you really want to do it.

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.

The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

Your actions are your only true belongings.

Faldo has lost a lot of respect from players because of what he said.

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, and therein stay.

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories.

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.