Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
True contentment... is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous, and it is rare.
The world is God's world, after all.
That man is an aggressive creature will hardly be disputed. With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate habitually destroys members of its own species.
Madness is part of all of us, all the time, and it comes and goes, waxes and wanes.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
His religion at best is an anxious wish, - like that of Rebelais, a great Perhaps.
A miss for pleasure, and a wife for breed.
I feel like a Bull Moose.
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.
I have learned to have very modest goals for society and myself, things like clean air, green grass, children with bright eyes, not being pushed around, useful work that suits one's abilities, plain tasty food, and occasional satisfying nookie.
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
Who so loves, believes the impossible.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!