Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Resist much. Obey little.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

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

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact