“I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.”

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.

Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

God himself helps those who dare.

You will go most safely by the middle way.

All things change; nothing perishes.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

First appearance deceives many.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Fear will teach you what you care about the most.

Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.

I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.

I’ve gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it’s almost like a high. You don’t want it to stop. You don’t want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian’s writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity.

Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it’s really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.

It’s really scary or it’s easy to generate fear around an idea or around an -ism when you don’t provide any substance to it.