“We cannot control necessity, though we often persuade ourselves that certain things are our choice, when in truth we have been unavoidably impelled to them.”

I live my life as I deem appropriate and fitting; I offer no apologies, no explanations.

Error often is to be preferred to indecision.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.

I am the only thing in my life I can control. I am immitable, I am an original.

Let the Judge take care to find a seat for himself.

Error often is to be preferred to indecision.

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

Slander has slain more than the sword.

When a man takes time to consider whether he will do a good or civil action, be assured he will never do it. The baser feelings, the calculations of interest and timidity, always prevail.

Would to God that I did stand on the same ground with every other man! This is the first time that I have been permitted to enjoy the rights of a citizen.

I live my life as I deem appropriate and fitting; I offer no apologies, no explanations.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you’re not in denial, you’re not pretending, and you’re not avoiding.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.