"Death is as light as a feather; duty as heavy as a mountain."

"There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds."

"You conquer every hardness with your eyes, as you do likewise every light; so if it can happen that one can die of joy, now would be the time."

"This nation will never go back to the false comforts of the world before 911. We are engaging the enemy as we must, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, so we will not have to face them here at home."

"Civilization is very much an immature and ongoing experiment, the success of which is by no means yet proven."

"The only real failure in life is one not learned from."

"Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself."

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."

"Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss."

"We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it."

"Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding."

"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing."