It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

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

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Genius is a long impatience.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.