"Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will. And this you should say on every occasion: for in…"

"When you have said 'Tomorrow I will begin to attend,' you must be told that you are saying this: 'Today I will be shameless, disregardful of time and place, mean; it will be in the power of others to …"

"If you want to be a writer, write."

"To say that 'I will do it tomorrow' is to say that 'I will not do it at all.'"

"When you have to deal with a man who is angry, remember that he is not angry with you, but with himself; he is only venting his anger on you."