Self-trust is the first secret of success.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.