How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself justice.

It is brave to be involved To be not fearful to be unresolved.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should hav…

there are four things that man own that are no use at sea, a compass, a rudder, a sail and the fear of going down.