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.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.