With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.
The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.
Practice is the best of all instructors.
I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.
The best design teams are not people who are exactly the same. . . otherwise you're just sitting and telling, 'You're fabulous. ' 'No, you're fabulous. '
Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.
I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale of breadth, tolerance, charity, temperance, peace, and kindliness to man and beast. We can't all strike very big blows, and even the little ones count for something.