We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.
Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.