"The more peculiarly his own a man's..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”

“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.”

“Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.”

“Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain.”

“The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.”

“The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.”

“How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.”

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

“Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.”