“Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.”
“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
“Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are.Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends,And we have friends and no butlers.(excerpt from 'The Garrett')”
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than feel. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And we'll change the world.”
“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”