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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

I don't try to jump over 7 foot bars, I look around for 1 foot bars that I can step over.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

The more you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

There is only one journey. Going inside yourself.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered either by themselves or by others.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour by hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.

Let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.