I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
We are what we repeatedly do.
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.