If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.