Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

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

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Every advantage has its tax