Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.