The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.