The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.