“The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.”

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

The wise man’s home is the universe.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

You are your choices.

We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

I have no friends and I never leave my house.

Life is a sum of all your choices. So, what are you doing today?