That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.