“Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.”

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Delay always breeds danger.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.

For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.

Everything disturbs an absent lover.

Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

Consistently making that best choice will add up to living your best life. Your health is the key to that.

Love transforms us in the best of ways, allowing us only to look back on a memory of our former self.

On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

Most of the actors have said “this is the best role they’ve ever had.” So you know, that’s important to me.

For me, it’s always best to just push everything out and just disappear by myself alone somewhere – and it’s kind of like a need of mine.

We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.

We still have the opportunity to make our best choice.

Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.