The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.