Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
“We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness”
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
The world may or may not be with our purpose. But its not totally without some kind of magic.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.
“The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall”
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle
I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.
It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
Maybe that's what life is... A wink of the eye and winking stars.
Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are.
You guys are going somewhere or just going?
“When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband.”