Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

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

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Desire is the very essence of man.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

A friend to all is a friend to none

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Resist much. Obey little.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.