Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.