Circumstances are beyond human control but our conduct is in our own power.

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An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

There is no education like adversity.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.

The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.

Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners.

Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.