The present is never a happy state to any being

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.