Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that is comes early

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning

Life is so unlike theory

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself