Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.