Tim Cook

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid of.

Pity the man who has a character to support – it is worse than a large family – he is silent poor indeed.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the dear deceit of beauty.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

Gold will be slave or master.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.

You sold me a dream and it shattered. I didn’t know how to put it back together again. So instead, I’m lovingly gluing those fragments anew with seams of gold, creating a vibrant new dream, rendering the broken strong and more than ever, breathtakingly beautiful.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.