Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.
He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.
The pen is mightier than the sword!
The pen is mightier than the sword.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life discerns his object and toward that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.