There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.
Woman is woman's natural ally.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
Leave no stone unturned.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.
Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.
Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a - as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you have a foil.