The friend who holds up before me the mirror, conceals not my smallest faults, warns me kindly, reproves me affectionately, when I have not performed my duty, he is my friend, however little he may appear so. But if a man praises and lauds me, never reproves me, overlooks my faults, and forgives them before I have repented, he is my enemy, however much he may appear my friend.

Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.

The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.

Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

We live in a world we ourselves create.