Almost every famous person at least once in their life said something that was remembered by the society, and considered meaningful, important or just funny. Those quotations can be mentioned in various situations. Often they are used in speeches or in a humorous way. In order to find some of them grub around.
Longfellow
Date: July 27, 2007
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.