Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective.

If there are no cigars in heaven, I shall not go.

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.

College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion and it may not be the truth.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.