So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear horrible; for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

What else remains for me? Youth, hope and love; To build a new life on a ruined life.

If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep? No! Here's to the pilot that weather'd the storm!

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority--a dog's obeyed in office.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow.

Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

Four-word story of failure: Hired, tired, mired, fired.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.