If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Live for each second without hesitation.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.