Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance on this planet. True prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself and about the choices you make. Life is here for us. Life is here to support us in every way. We give out, we get back. Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.