Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?