When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.

When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people read more

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear read more

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.