“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.”

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

No honest man will argue on every side.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

How dangerous can false reasoning prove!

Without labor nothing prospers.

Despair often breeds disease.

Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

I’m never the kind of person who’s sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I’ve always based it on, ‘Am I doing the best that I can do?’

You can only do what ONLY YOU can do. Do that. The universe will configure around your very best efforts. Willingly.

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.

Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.

We have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.

I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.

Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.