"How many things are there which I..." - Quote by Socrates

“Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.”

“There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.”

“When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.”

“Farmers are respectable and interesting to me in proportion as they are poor.”

“It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.”

“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them―then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.”

“Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.”

“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”

“Be deeply satisfied and ready for more.”