For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Man's greatest victory is over oneself.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly.

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.

You can't do good if you don't feel good.

I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many times.