Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.

No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.

The cure for grief is motion.

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.

The hundred-point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without being fresh; who is considerate toward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who is cautious and yet courageous.