Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.