He who is content in his poverty is wonderfully rich.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
One of the laws of paleontology is that an animal which must protect itself with thick armour is degenerate. It is usually a sign that the species is on the road to extinction.
Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant cause.
I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
It's an ill plan that cannot be changed.
Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
A good imitation is the most perfect originality.
To live long, it is necessary to live slowly.
As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
The present is the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.
Vengeance is sweet.
I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain
You must look into people as well as at them.
You can't move so fast that you try to change [a situation] faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters.
Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.