"I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope."

“My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.”

Source : Zachary Taylor, S. HORN (1848). “All the Letters of Major General Z. Taylor: Anecdotes of rough and ready: Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, etc. [Edited by] S. Horn”, p.10

“Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws.”

“Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.”

“A pronoun, too, will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: "they" does not refer to one person, no matter how many personalities she or he has, or how eager you are to skirt the gender frays.”

“You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.”

“Warren Beatty was one hell of a lover - but we fought like stray dogs”

“Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life’s journey…”

“The next grand extensions of mathematical physics will, in all likelihood, be furnished by quaternions.”

Source : "Note on a Quaternion Transformation", Communication read on Monday, 6th April, 1863, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 117, 1866.