When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.