“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

“I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.”