Quotes

Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other men, when it is not in relation to some common good,

Never proclaim yourself a philosopher, nor make much talk among the ignorant about your principles, but show them by actions.

In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it.

Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses—

the journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.

Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day.

One to-day is worth two to-morrows,

he that lives upon hope will die fasting.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands:

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee;

Lost time is never found again;

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,

Begin at the beginning,

That depends a good deal on where you want to get to