I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.

I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?

Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have read more

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.

Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.

Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.

Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but read more

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is