Appearances often are deceiving.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Resist much. Obey little.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

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