Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.