Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Onemust talk little and listen much.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.