True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest sat….

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk..

Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes..

Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind..

It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know..

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal..

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable..

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it..

Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The p….

Don't stumble over something behind you..

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the….

There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation..

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.

You are your choices..

If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life..

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful..

Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot..

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body..

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it..

We suffer more in imagination than in reality..