Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.

We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

Radicalism itself ceases to be radical when absorbed mainly in preserving its control over a society or an economy.

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.