It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
The cure for pain is in the pain.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.