Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.