Magicians prosper because we are willing to be fooled.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. 

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

Life is not just about winning and success. It has a lot to do with learning from mistakes.

Religion and slavery are incompatible.

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. 

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Promises that are not fulfilled amount to deceit.