Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

A successful career has been full of blunders.

You cannot win without sacrifice.

A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

Take care of your back ahead of anyone, dear friends.commendation and stabbing, Both get on this only.

Sometimes history cleaves and for one helpless moment stands still like the pause when the ax splits a log and the two halves rest on end waiting to fall.

Joy is the feeling of one's powers increasing.

A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world.

Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move.

Wariness had driven away poetry; from hesitating to feel came the moment when you no longer could.

I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape.

Better is not good enough; the best is yet to come!

The fact is that we do pay attention. I think that it's unfortunately the case, whether you're a man or woman and you're running for president you need to look as good as you can look.