There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

A joy shared is a joy doubled.

A person hears only what they understand.

Everything is hard before it is easy.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.

Our blindest impulses become evidence of perspicacity when they fall in with the course of events.

The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job.

In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert.

Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins.