How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.