Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Step after step the ladder is ascended

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.