Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.