An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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...

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.