We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.

When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.