The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious.

A capacity for hating the object of desire is, perhaps, the best cure for love in cases of disappointment.

I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.

My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.