One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

Resist much. Obey little.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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.

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.