Educated men - "civilized," as Fourier used to say with disdain - tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or gaolers.
The tougher the fight, the more important the mental attitude.
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.
Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.
I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.
There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one of them.
I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.
The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it.
Winckelmann wished to live with a work of art as a friend. The saying is true of pen and pencil. Fresh lustre shoots from Lycidas in a twentieth perusal. The portraits of Clarendon are mellowed by every year of reflection.
Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.
I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.