A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

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

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.