"Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor;..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.”

“The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.”

“Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second”

“When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and am I out of humour for going about that I was made for, and for the sake of which I was sent into the world? Was I then designed for nothing but to doze and keep warm beneath the counterpane? Well! but this is a comfortable way of living.”

“The secret of success is doing something you love, doing it well and being recognized for it”

“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”

“Practice makes perfect - the sooner you start, the sooner you will be a happy nonsmoker”

“The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.”

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.”