Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
One thing I've learned in all these years is not to make love when you really don't feel it; there's probably nothing worse you can do to yourself than that.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.