[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest.
The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.
Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.
Now many such things may be done without intitling the people to rise in arms. A gross, flagrant, and palpable abuse no doubt will do it, as if they should be required to pay a tax equal to half or third of their substance.
I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.
Form and Substance are opposite ends of the same coin.