Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.