Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.