"Virtue is its own reward"

“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil”

“The beginnings of all things are small”

“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity an...”

“The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends”

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“I will go anywhere as long as it is forward”

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them”

“The greatest lessons in life are often learned through failure. Embrace it, learn from it,...”

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”

“When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the sit...”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me.”

“To sit on an idea or fail to act on a goal is not really goal-setting, but wishful thinking.”

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”

“The mind can only think about one thing at a time. Make sure it's the right thing.”