Organize one's values in the order of their worth

It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

Hope and fear are inseparable.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.