Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
A friend to all is a friend to none
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
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.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.