The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.