Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to improvise and overcome the weight of routine and habit.

If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.

You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have.

When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.

I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time.