Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.

It is the lot of man to suffer.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.