Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

If you try to please everyone, you will please no one. It is impossible to lead your life for others’ happiness.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

In life, when you encounter mean and hurtful people, treat them like sandpaper. No matter how rough they may scrub you, you end up polished and smooth.

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

A child miseducated is a child lost.