Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.