A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

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

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.