Every man is a complete fool at least for five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
A friend is someone who knows everything about you and still loves you.
A machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. But there is no machine that can do the work of an extraordinary man.
Less capable minds are interested in the extraordinary; powerful minds in ordinary things.
A failure is a man who has made a mistake but is not able to turn it into experience.
There is something much more scarce, refined, and rare than talent. It is the talent to recognize the talented.
A conservative is a man too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.