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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs read more
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.
Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.
If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.
Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.
Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.