Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confessed - Slow rises worth, by poverty depressed.

It is always observable that silence propagates itself, and that the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find any thing to say.

Of all the Griefs that harrass the Distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful Jest

It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying throu…

Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail. You will lea…

By the time we've made it, we've had it.