Wise words from a spammer

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
Reflection makes men cowards.
The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings).
The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to despise popes.
Happiness is a how, not a what: a talent, not an object