I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.

Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death!

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

When your watch gets out of order you have choice of two things to do: throw it in the fire or take it to the watch-tinker. The former is the quickest.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.