It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.