Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word.
In an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a male is when he's a baby.
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
I write out of instinct.
Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts.
Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails.
Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.
Imposing limitations on yourself is cowardly because it protects you from having to try, and perhaps failing.
It is not death that a man should fear, he should fear never beginning to live.
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
Ignorance is no excuse-it's the real thing.
The man who boasts he never made a mistake is often married to the woman who did.
The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
Politics is but the common pulse beat.
The game isn't over until it's over.