All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

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.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

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

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol