It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.