“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

All right, then, I’ll go to hell.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

Stop giving people access to your life when they refuse to handle you with care.

There are people who love you even when you can’t see it or aren’t ready to let it in. 

There are people who love you even when you can’t see it or aren’t ready to let it in. 

Successful people do things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them.

People who destroy your character because your character destroys their inner peace.

You will disappoint some people when you prioritize your self-care. 

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Try to unlearn the things you learn from toxic people.