Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
The only real laughter comes from despair.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.