A language is like living skin itself.

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

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.