Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.
Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.
The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.