A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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

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

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.