He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.
Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.