Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

It had been so long since she had felt anything.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

A pint can't hold a quart-if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

Avoid people with gold teeth who want to play cards

Businesses are terrified. They have no idea what I'm going to do next.

I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.

One cannot build a future based on the description of a criminal past.

Let us resolve the internal political problems of Russia ourselves

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.