Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him