No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless these be of their own individual making.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in success, and only cross the failure bridge if you come to it!]

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

Every man carries with him the world in which he must live.

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.