The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
One thing I've learned in all these years is not to make love when you really don't feel it; there's probably nothing worse you can do to yourself than that.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.