The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth.

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk

I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind

Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.

There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with

Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.

A woman is not beautiful when her ankle or arm wins compliments, but when her total appearance diverts admiration from the individual parts of her body.

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

If we cannot live so as to be happy let us at least live so as to deserve it.

I've never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn't say something funny.

There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.

Once the government becomes the supplier of people's needs, there is no limit to the needs that will be claimed as a basic right.

If you marry for money you will earn every penny.

The paradox of Reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.

I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.