Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Trouble's made us kin.

One can say everything best over a meal.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.

Appearances have very little to do with happiness.

Don't judge a book by its cover

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.