Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.