Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
The rich can be "eccentric," the poor have to be considered "nuts."
Faith is believing what we cannot prove.
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
Power is strength and the ability to see yourself through your own eyes and not through the eyes of another.
There is no such thing as romance in our day, women have become too brilliant; nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.
she: Before we got married, you told me you were well-off. he: I was, and I didn't know it.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.
Hands have not tears to flow.
Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still warm waters.
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can-and surely will at times-fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
You win the victory when you yield to friends.