Quotations from Everywhere

(Part Thirteen)

Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.

Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

To desire is to obtain: to aspire is to achieve.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath. [Proverbs 29:8]

Let the path be open to talent.

Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.

God gives us our relatives -- thank God we can choose our friends.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am often incapable of taking it.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats or sanctions.

Danger past, God forgotten.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

You are young at any age if you are planning for tomorrow.

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