Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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.
