Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
What's done can't be undone.
