I think you can have 10 000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.
Paulo CoelhoSome fellows get credit for being conservative, when they are only stupid.
Kin HubbardTo look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
Jane AustenHe who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Benjamin FranklinIt is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Oscar WildeDo not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends or cannot acquire knowledge.
ChanakyaPride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Joseph AddisonThe good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.
Anatole France