There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

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

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

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.