self
“'Tis very strange men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.”
“Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad.”
“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
“The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.”
“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
“I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so.”
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.”
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it.”
“There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point.”
“Self-respect is a discipline, a habit of mind.”
“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”
“The needy animal knows how much it needs, but the needy man does not.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“The tongue is not in the control of the mind.”
“If a person gave your body to a passer-by, you would be angry; yet you entrust your mind to any who happens to praise or blame you.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“If a person gave your body to a passer-by, you would be angry; yet you entrust your mind to any who happens to praise or blame you.”
“The ancestor of every action is a thought.”
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”