Wounds make better lessons than lectures.
Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.
The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.
Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.
How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.