An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.

Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.

narcissists ... have the least sense of self of anybody on the planet.

Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people.

My books are like my children. I love them all.

Such a bad mistake it would be, to embark on marriage and adult life without a nice supply of duct tape.

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'