The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
My friends are my estate.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .