Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
The hands behind me gave me another shove.
Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.