Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
They did not know it was impossible so they did it
I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
You are about as happy as you make up your mind to be.
I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.
Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.
A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.
If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.
A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.
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