A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.
One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.
Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.