“Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.”

Everything disturbs an absent lover.

Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

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

Virtue is the truest nobility.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

He who gives early gives twice.

Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?

A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

My schedule is very busy, but when I get time to sit and think about all the great things that have happened to me, it’s just mind-blowing.

The room within is the great fact about the building.

He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.