“Trying is the first step toward failure.”

Too many kings can ruin an army.

It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

Noblest minds are easiest bent.

Even a fool learns something once it hits him.

It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.

My every impulse bends to what is right.

Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.

Some things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.

To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don’t have to do squat!

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.

The more you think, the more time you have.

We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

Dream the biggest dream for yourself. Hold the highest vision of life for yourself.

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.