The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.

Repartee is altogether a natural endowment, and is the lightning of the mind.

Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.

A man is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself.

The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

There weren't too many books by women that were taught in school, so I read those on my own, and the books I read were as accessible as the ones we were reading in school.

I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

And more importantly, I wouldnt be the person I am today, I wouldnt be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasnt for the accident.

Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.