The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. art & life
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. life
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. being good & inspirational
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. best
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. being good, nature & time
Very little is needed to make a happy life it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. life
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. imagination
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. being good & time
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. men
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. truth
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. death & fear
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. change & nature
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. anger
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. life
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. death & nature
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. education
The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it. change
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. best
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. greatness
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. time
Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday. being good
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. work
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. being good
Our life is what our thoughts make it. life
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. power
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. the future
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. love
Anger cannot be dishonest. anger
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. being good & time
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. power
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. love & morning
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. nature
Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it. change
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. art
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. death & nature
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. being good
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. power & strength
Men exist for the sake of one another. men
The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. music
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. being good & nature
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. the future