“When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass.”

“Good men's actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel's charityIs carefully planned to please.”

“Some people are like an open grave:You give it the thing you love mostAnd then get nothing in return.”

“You're given the fruit of one palm tree:Bear it a basin of clear water.Don't trouble with the plight of other palms.”

“Knowing the self is the biggest truth. If we find the truth within, we have found God.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

“What work a person does to earn a viable income shapes their thinking patterns, buttresses their sense of self-worth, and affects how they adapt to predictable and unpredictable obstacles.”

“You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.”

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

“The life of this alien city was lived under the cathedral dome of the sky. People ate where the birds could share their food and gambled where any cutpurse could steal their winnings, they kissed i...”