Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Know thyself as the pride of His creation, the link uniting divinity and matter; behold a part of God Himself within thee; remember thine own dignity nor dare descend to evil or meanness.

Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.

When you are risen on the eastern horizon You have filled every land with your beauty... Though you are far away, your rays are on Earth.

Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise

The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was.

Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism.

It is always some consolation in sorrow to feel that it is shared, and any burden laid on several is carried more lightly or removed.

Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being.

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.

We sold 'Seinfeld' all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it.

Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.