Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.