“Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.”

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Little things please little minds.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

Time the devourer of all things.

Love is a kind of warfare.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.

Don’t be afraid to fail. Anything that I’ve ever attempted I was always willing to fail. You can’t always win, but don’t be afraid of making decisions.

My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.

Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.