The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.
For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than others.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.