Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.
I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith.
Talking and eloquence are not the same to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this decide what you want.
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot.