Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Prereading is a game changer. It changed my life. Everyone is smarter when they have seen the material before. You will be too

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.

Their foreign policy is so disjointed, confusing, and chaotic that, really, people need to reexamine those who want to be involved in every war.

By endurance we conquer.

My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel.

If with me you'd fondly stray Over the hills and far away.

There's still plenty of lead in this pencil, but I only write to one person now.

Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished.

Knowledge is the key to making a difference.

When people doubt your abilities, the greatest joy on earth is making them eat their words.