Sweet is pleasure after pain

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

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

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

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.