I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters.

The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or perhaps an item of clothing to keep them from the cold. Thieves are usually those who have something and want more.

... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than a discovery not made at all.

To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.