It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

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...