The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not the less necessary because we neither see nor feel it.
It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.