How few successful men are interesting! Hannibal, Alcibiades, with Raleigh, Mithridates, and Napoleon, who would compare them for a moment with their mere conquerors?

Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the public gaze!

Success, which touches nothing that it does not vulgarize, should be its own reward.

Do not empower your negative thoughts by giving them “legs” so they can run around your mind, creating worries, frustrations, and anxiety in your life.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Music speaks louder than words.

Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it.

Love is bigger than everything.

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry!

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy.

Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.

In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.