Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my read more

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my boats.

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator read more

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my read more

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am
in the house and I have the key.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.