To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.

I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society.

Samuel Johnson

This notion is more clearly understood by asking What do I know?.

Michel de Montaigne, Essays

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

Giordano Bruno

If this phrase of the balance of power is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

John Bright

Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

Source Unknown

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

Sam Levenson

I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity.

David Duval

I love to take risks, I love to travel, and I'm very outdoor-sy, so any girl who can pick up a football and throw a spiral will definitely catch my attention.

Kellan Lutz

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library.

Samuel Johnson

Procedures outside the stadiums and in the parking areas still need to be optimized, for example so that emergency medical services can leave the grounds on their way to the hospital faster.

Otto Schily

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.

Gary Larson

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

Henry David Thoreau