Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.