Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting read more

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes read more

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.

It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.

There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that read more

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.