Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.