Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.