There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

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...

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare