"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

"Many of life's failures are those who didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up."

"O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder."

"Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."

"When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out."

"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get."

"In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information."

"When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults."