Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

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...

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.