Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The present is never a happy state to any being

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.