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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".