We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Confident because of our caution

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good.