Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, but left the shield.

He was on that like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat.

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.

With bag and baggage. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.

If you have the desire, you are halfway there.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Half as sober as a judge.

The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.

Put none but Americans on guard tonight.

Dear creature!--you'd swear When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round, That her steps are of light, that her home is the air, And she only par complaisance touches the ground.

Much might be said on both sides.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

The feelings, sentiments, values and responses of our children, or of any citizen, are none of the government's damned business. That we must support a government agency that gives itself to the emotional and ideological manipulation of citizens is infamous.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Learning history is easy. Learning its lessons is almost impossible.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

A cul-de-sac to which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.