Criticize the act, not the person.
Appearances often are deceiving.
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
Resist much. Obey little.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.