Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.
Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.
Be contented, when you have got all you want.
Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.
Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.