Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
I opened my mouth, then shut it, then, very slowly, I held my hands up in front of me.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.