Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
From Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
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