Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Power comes from sincere service

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

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

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.