Now understand me well. It is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.

Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.

Man is about the same, in the main, whether with despotism, or whether with freedom.

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine everything could be worse but isn't and so we are justified in being grateful - and shadows everything could be better but isn't and so it is easy to be bitter 'unless you decide to look on the bright side will fall behind you.

A simple separate person is not contained between his hat and his boots.

Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.