Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.