The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.

Where are there are two desires in a man's heart he has no choice between the two but must obey the strongest, there being no such thing as free will in the composition of any human being that ever lived.

Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?

He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too.

This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.