Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.