There is little success where there is a little laughter

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.