"It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are."

"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."

"Don't spend $2 to dry clean a shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. The next morning buy it back for seventy- five cents."

"The heart is wiser than the intellect."

"Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out."

"Forgive thyself little, and others much."

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

"The good or ill of a man lies within his own will."

"He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else."

"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which."

"Journal writing is a voyage to the interior."

"Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage."