The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Keep cool and you command everybody.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.