Friendship

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

~ Aristotle

Rare as is True Love

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

~ Jean de la Fontaine

Education

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

~ Aristotle

Life

Life isn't about finding yourself. 

Life is about creating yourself.

~ George Bernard Shaw

Sex Alleviates Tension

Sex alleviates tension. 

Love causes it.

~ Woody Allen

A Man's Own Character

A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.

~ Publilius Syrus

And Even in Our Sleep

And even in our sleep 

pain that cannot forget 

falls drop by drop upon the heart, 

and in our own despair, 

against our will, 

comes wisdom to us 

by the awful grace of God.

~ Aeschylus

'Tis a Supersttion

'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. 

All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The More Tranquil a Man Becomes

The more tranquil a man becomes, 

the greater is his success, 

his influence, 

his power for good. 

Calmness of mind 

is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

~ James Allen

Man Proposes

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

~ Minna Antrim

Action

Action is eloquence.

~ William Shakespeare

A Dream is a Scripture

A dream is a scripture, 

and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

~ Umberto Eco

Our Truest Life

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.

~ Henry David Thoreau

'Tis Very Certain

'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye 

the exact indication of his rank 

in the immense scale of men, 

and we are always learning to read it. 

A complete man should need no auxiliaries 

to his personal presence.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is Power

Character is power; 

it makes friends, 

draws patronage and support 

and opens the way to wealth, 

honor and happiness.

~ John Howe

A Prudent Question

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

~ Francis Bacon

A Man's Life

A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

~ Marcus Aurelius

God Made Him

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

~ William Shakespeare

A Man's Dreams

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

~ Zadok Rabinwitz

Life is a Series of Experiences

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, 

even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. 

For the world was built to develop character, 

and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure 

help us in our marching onward.

~ Henry Ford

Mental Tensions

Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness 

are among the most damaging stressors, 

and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause 

migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, 

hypertension, mental disease, suicide, 

or just hopeless unhappiness.

~ Hans Selye