Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure — the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.

So if you like doing something$$$ do it regularly; if you don't like doing something$$$ make a habit of doing something different.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

There are some people who just shouldn't be allowed to fool around with love.

In these days of widespread illiteracy$$$ functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve$$$ and what they approve I do not know.

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

So he went down$$$ smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!