Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.
Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
Physician, heal thyself.
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
See everything: overlook a great deal: correct a little.
Time goes by: reputation increases, ability declines.
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meannesses for the public good.
Whatever limits us we call Fate.
The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.
God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.