There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

It was one of the few stories we told the same way.

A few feathery flakes are scattered widely through the air, and hover downward with uncertain flight, now almost alighting on the earth, now whirled again aloft into remote regions of the atmosphere.

This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back again.

I really lack the words to compliment myself today.

It's not just politicians who underestimate us; we underestimate ourselves.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.

Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.