Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do.
The clever men at Oxford Know all there is to be knowed - But they none of them know as half as much As intelligent Mr. Toad.
Politics is a blood sport.
The man who has done nothing but wait for his ship to come in has already missed the boat.
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Putting aside all the fancy words and academic doubletalk, the basic reason for having a military is to do two jobs-to kill people and to destroy the works of man.
Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.
The clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.
It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.
Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.