You Cannot Keep a Secret
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — Saint Jerome
On Life and Death
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
Don’t Take Life Too Seriously
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. — Herodotus
On Education
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. — Anatole France
On Friendship
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. — George Washington
Personal Change Is Not Always Obvious to Us
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. — Nelson Mandela
How to Be a Failure
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. — Bill Cosby
The Interplay of Character and Reputation
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln
Truthfulness Banishes Stress
You should always tell the truth, because, if you tell the truth, you make it the other person’s problem…. — Sean Connery