Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.
A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.
Words of love are works of love.
The tracing of a child's lineage and its name with reference to the father, though it has lasted for many thousands of years, has not become any the more natural or reasonable as a result.
There are free men with the spirit of a slave, and slaves whose spirit is full of freedom. He who is true to his inner self is a free man, while he whose entire life is merely a stage for what is good and beautiful in the eyes of others, is a slave.
If I were to point to the person who's having the greatest impact. . . I'd point to Elon Musk.
Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities.