Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

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

To exaggrerate is to weaken.