Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.