Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly.
There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
I believe there is no god but Allah alone and Muhammed is his prophet.
Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
We must therefore take account of this changeable nature of things and of human institutions, and prepare for them with enlightened foresight.
To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.
We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
Two's a company, three's a crowd.
There is a need for heroism in American life today.
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.
I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.