To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth - Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get.
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.