'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
Wake up with a smile and go after life.... Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.
You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working for the wrong thing.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance ... but no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still-and persevere.
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.
We planted flowers last year, and I didn't know if I'd be alive to see them come up.
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
Success is the sweetest revenge.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
If thee marries for money, thee surely will earn it.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
A New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing anything; it just keeps you from enjoying it.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
No guts, no glory.
The world knows nothing of its greatest men.
What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is at all times? A widow.