Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.

We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.

Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.

You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.