Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.

A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women
selling themselves short.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women
selling themselves short.

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an
open one.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an
open one.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when read more

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, read more

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in
owning anything unshared.

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, read more

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.