Friedrich Schiller

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Action is the antidote to despair.

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.