The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.

If Christ were here now, there is one thing he would not be - a Christian.

After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

Don't part with your allusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.

Be fanatics. When it comes to being and doing and dreaming the best, be maniacs.