"Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather."

"Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease."

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."

"Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are."

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first then seek to win."

"It ain't over 'til it's over."

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

"The 100% American is 99% an idiot."

"The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so."

"I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."

"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."