A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe$$$ and fifty times : It is a beautiful catastrophe.

If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself$$$ and to effect this by what he does$$$ I see that he will not succeed.

Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.

Pursue that which is not meddlesome.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good$$$ to the praise that deceives them.

Action always beats inaction.

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.

And that was the one distinct time in my life$$$ the strangest moment of all$$$ when I didn't know who I was.