All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free