To correct a friend or colleague is a task more fraught with peril than facing a foe in battle, for a clumsy word can...

Each evening, when the light has been removed and my household has fallen silent, I follow a custom of my own: I examine my...

I offer here not a set of rigid commands, but principles for the soul of one who would lead. To rule others, you must...

Fortune is fickle, and the path of life is strewn with impediments. The untrained mind sees a blocked road and despairs. But the wise...

A man's home is a reflection of his soul. If it is cluttered with trifles and vain luxuries, his mind, too, will be in...

Fortune is a fickle mistress, granting comfort one day and stripping it away the next. Many believe that happiness lies in avoiding hardship, but...

Why do you tremble at the mention of your final day? It is a destination toward which we all travel from the moment we...

Fortune may strip away our homes, our comforts, and the very structure of our world, but it cannot take from us our reason or...

Anger, as I have often written, is a brief madness. It is a poison that seizes the soul and clouds the judgment, leading men...

Fortune is a fickle mistress, and to be subject to her whims is to be a slave. The world will present you with provocations,...

Fortune is fickle, and the world outside our minds is a tempest. Yet, Nature has granted us a secure fortress within: our own reason....

Fortune is a capricious mistress, granting favors one moment and ruin the next. The wise man does not wait for her blows to land....