Little things console us because little things afflict us.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.