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

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Wisdom begins at the end.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.