Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

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

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.