"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been!'"

"The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose."

"I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers."

"He who walks in anothera€?s tracks leaves no footprints."

"The best blush to use is laughter. It puts roses in your cheeks and in your soul."

"Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind."

"Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much."

"Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you."

"Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall."

"Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached."

"Never find your delight in another's misfortune."

"There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one's problems and sorrows with one."