Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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 gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.