Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.

It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves.

Know the great men of your age.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.