It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

He who lives without discipline dies without honor.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives.

The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another.

"What, giving again?" I asked in dismay. "And must I keep giving and giving away?" "Oh, no," said the angel, piercing me through, "Just give till the Father stops giving to you.".

If innocence can leave guilt can come.

Put thyself into the trick of singularity. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Artes, scientia, veritas

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.

Which fiddle-strings is weakness to expredge my nerves this night!