The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.

It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.

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.