A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

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

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.