Success is a lousy teacher, but failure is a friend, philosopher, and guide.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.

Thinking. The talking of the soul with itself.

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.

The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you’ll never get paid back.

Borrow a little and if you can’t pay it back, it’s your problem. Borrow a lot and if you can’t pay it back, it’s the lenders problem.

Money, like emotions, is something you must control to keep your life on the right track.

It is more profitable to be a lender than a spender.

I can lend you my money not my books.