I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man’s most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.
How many are the things I can do without!
Men have become the tools of their trade.
Big doors swing on little hinges.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Truth is a naked and open daylight.
The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.
