Zadie Smith Quote

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

Young women today feel vulnerable to judgment; if a harsh sentence is passed (or even suspected or projected), it is not her reputation that suffers so much as the stability of her moral universe. The...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that...

Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere.

Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.