All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little.
This is a sane, wholesome, practical, working faith: That it is a man's business to do the will of God; second, that God himself takes on the care of that man; and third, that therefore that man ought never to be afraid of anything.
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
No animal admires another animal.
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
Man loves little and often, woman much and rarely.
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world.
The great question which I have not been able to answer, despite my 30 years of research into the feminine soul, is "what does a woman want"?
Revenge is an inhuman word.
You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes.
Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle.
Adversity is a severe instructor. ... He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
There is a time when we must firmly choose the course we will follow, or the relentless drift of events will make the decision for us.
He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.
It is foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.