All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self approving hour whole years out-weighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Let not soft slumber close your eyes, Before you've collected thrice The train of action through the day! Where have my feet chose out their way? What have I learnt, where'er I've been, From all I've heard, from all I've seen? What have I more that's worth the knowing? What have I done that's worth the doing? What have I sought that I should shun? What duty have I left undone, Or into what new follies run? These self-inquiries are the road That lead to virtue and to God.

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.