If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.