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

Intelligence is a moral category.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

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

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.