The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

He who would live must fight, he who will not fight in this world where eternal struggle is the law of life, has not the right to exist.

Convey a libel in a frown. And wink a reputation down!

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Every man...should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie!" till you can find a rock.

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.

My star, God's glowworm.

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

The primroses were over.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

When the Sultan Shah-Zaman Goes to the city Ispahan, Even before he gets so far As the place where the clustered palm-trees are, At the last of the thirty palace-gates The pet of the harem, Rose-in-Bloom, Orders a feast in his favorite room-- Glittering square of colored ice, Sweetened with syrup, tinctured with spice, Creams, and cordials, and sugared dates, Syrian apples, Othmanee quinces, Limes and citrons and apricots, And wines that are known to Eastern princes.

Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.

A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

Let there be gall enough in thy ink; though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 2.