Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

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

Ability is poor men's wealth

A language is like living skin itself.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.