Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.