It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Sack over my head and cinched it tight around my windpipe.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.