“Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.”

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

There are no good-byes, where ever you’ll be, you’ll be in my heart.

If friends disappoint you over and over, that’s in large part your own fault.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.