Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
