I am the captain of my soul.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Man is God’s highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.
A strenuous soul hates cheap success.
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
Nothing is real.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he pleases.
Merry Christmas! the man threatened.
All the great ages have been ages of belief.
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Only poetry inspires poetry.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
