History is more or less bunk.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
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.