The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
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.
There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.
In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Truth has beauty, power and necessity.
The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.