A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

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

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.