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Anger is an acid, that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored, than to anything on which it is poured.
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop peddling.
Be kind to unkind people -- they need it the most.
So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.
Borrowing is not much better than begging, just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
All things come to him who goes after them.
Like associates with like.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared but only men of character are trusted.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying, if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences.
If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and the world laughs louder.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
Heroism feels, and never reasons, and is therefore always right.
I was never ruined but twice, once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
Meeting people formally, is like viewing a house without going inside.
Use your time well, if you want to have leisure time.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake, when you make it again.
Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more.
Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working. Waited for, it usually keeps on waiting.
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.
The Extra Mile will have no traffic jams.
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder, in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.
It is always easier to fight for one's principles, than to live up to them.
In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.
A rich man without charity, is a rogue and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.