Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.