History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.

I can't do no literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

I can teach anybody how to get, what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want. Once you are crystal clear about the intended end result that you seek to produce, all the ways that it can become a done deal start to reveal themselves to you. There are many who have accomplished exactly what you want to achieve and could show you the way. You are not ready to ask them because you are not clear and you have not determined which questions need answers.

My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were ancestors of mine. Your people made it tropical for them. . . . The first slave brought into New England out of Africa was an ancestor of mine-for I am a mixed breed, an infinitely shaded and exquisite Mongrel.