Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.