To try and change opinion by law is worse than futile.

In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

To simplify complications is the first essential of success.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

They that crouch to those who are above them, always trample on those who are below them.

It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

Radicalism and extremism, while they are dangers, they exist in every society on some level.

Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man.

A man avails himself of the truth so long as it is serviceable; but he seizes on what is false with a passionate eloquence as soon as he can make a momentary use of it.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

It's lovely to be told you're wonderful by someone when you're used to being told how awful you are.

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.