Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.