It is the just doom of laziness and a gluttony to be inactive without ease, and drowsy without tranquillity.
Sex ought to be a wholly satisfying link between two affectionate people from which they emerge unanxious, rewarded, and ready for more.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
It is possible to live in San Francisco for $35,000 a year. Obviously, that doesn't include food or lodging.
Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.
An editor - a person employed on a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Christianity is a battle, not a dream
Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grow older.
I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
The mother of all living.
Are you good men and true?
Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.
The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new man of himself.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
When somebody is angry with us, we draw a halo around his or her head, in our minds. Does the person stop being angry then? Well, we don't know! We know, though, that when we draw a halo around a person, suddenly the person starts to look like an angel to us.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.