All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

A successful career has been full of blunders.

All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.