I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.