"If a man doesn't find ease in..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.”

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joseph Gillespie, July 13, 1849 Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love.”

“The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.”

“Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.”

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”

“As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.”

“We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who must use persuasion. In the second case, they always come to grief, having achieved nothing; when, however, they depend on their own resources and can force the issue, then they are seldom endangered.”

“...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.”

“Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you'll have to use yourself as your first and last consultant.”