Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.

Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.

When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.