It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

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.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.