It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.