So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

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.

I am very simple and kind of a man to be a politician.

Sometimes animals are more human than men and men more animals than animals

Necessity knows no Sunday.

Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.

I have, throughout my private war, been a she, a you,a Donna, a me, and finally, an I....If you sense distance,you're not mistaken; it's real. Welcome to my world.

For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

Don’t accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences!

Yet is beauty the pleasing trickery that cheateth half the world.

It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked.

As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my actual talents lie more in arrangements than they do words.