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

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

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

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.