Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

Leave it to a girl to take the fun out of sex discrimination.

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.