I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself, and not by borrowing.

A wise man never loses anything if he have himself.

A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.

A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement-Do It Yourself-is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain for himself.

The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Be thine own palace, or the worlds thy jail.

Her passion for independence had reached into her manipulation of their joint checking account.

Who to himself is law no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

The foundations which we would dig about and find are within us, like the Kingdom of Heaven, rather than without.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Now I know the things I know, And do the things I do; And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you!

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.