Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
The lie is a condition of life.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Criticize the act, not the person.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.