The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Superiority to fate is difficult to gain 'tis not conferred of any but possible to earn.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.