To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

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

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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