Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at it.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.