A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

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

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.