Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. |
If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools ignore them. |
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. |
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. |
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. |
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. |
Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things. |
Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself. |
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. |
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. |