Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.