What once were vices are manners now.

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.

There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

You don't understand what makes you understand what makes your life better until you take something that makes it so much worse and you embrace that.

Pen, wax and parchment govern the world.

Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.

Thought and action must never part company.

Revolutions are never peaceful.

I've been to Hell. You've only read about it.

All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible.