If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Now, the value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere th…

Failure too is a form of death.

Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want to get something, or if they want to get rid of something. Only, in ordinary conditions, without know…

People must never be allowed to become despondent; so victories must be exaggerated and defeats, if not concealed, at any rate minimized, and the stimulus of i…