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

I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.

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.

Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?

I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that’s difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God’s omnipotency.

The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures of God. For many have not only look’d upon it, as an impossible thing to compass, but as something impious to attempt.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.