One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Committing to a particular goal publicly puts pressure on oneself. It becomes an enormous action-forcing mechanism and often helps you achieve more than you might have had you kept your goals to yourself.

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.