A genius is the one most like himself.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Only the curious have something to find.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.