I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full read more

There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons read more

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons in him.

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy,
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are
filled with earthy and material things.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.