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If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is…

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief…

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.