Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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?
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.