Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

A room without books is a body without soul

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.