Life would be infinitely happier if we could only — Mark Twain

All generalizations are false, including this one. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Leonardo da Vinci Cowards die many times before their deaths The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Voltaire