Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy

We are often dismayed to find that even disasters cannot cure us of our faults.

Those who think they have no need of others become unreasonable.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.

It is difficult to esteem a man as he desires to be esteemed

More fortunes are made by energy than prudence

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through...whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Lazy people are always wanting to do something

Magnanimity has no need to prove the prudence of its motives

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected