Aristotle

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.

Education is the best provision for old age.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.

A friend is a second self.

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied – whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The love we were promised in fairy tales was never something for us to find. It has always been something for us to create.

If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.

I think us bad b*tc*es is a gift from God.

Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.

All begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and “unsurrounding” yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen. So I’m always game for a good joke, and I’m not so formal in this role. There’s very little that we can’t do that people wouldn’t appreciate.

It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but they happen all of the time.

When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.

Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.

Me: Unbothered, moisturized, in my lane, well-hydrated, flourishing.