Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.
Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.