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 cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

What's done can't be undone.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.