The eye is diverted from the real business, it is caught by the spectacular action that means nothing--nothing at all.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

I mean that success has come early. And that is dangerous. Always dangerous.

The longer the time that has elapsed, the more things fall into proportion. One sees them in their true relationship to one another.

Thought is yours only. Nobody can alter or influence the use you mean to make of it.

Bitterness block the sacred blessings.

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.

Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?

I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.

Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.

The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists.

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]

I like being around people.

Temperance is the wisdom to know that not every constructive job requires a hammer.