Good friend or a good lesson

How like our lives, the rose”s life and death. How like our fate, the cruel fate that falls Upon its happy lot and gruffy calls It from its bloom to sudden certain death!
Competing with yourself makes you better; Competing with others makes you bitter.
There is no point missing someone at night, when you clearly wasted your entire day, not winning them back.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It affects nothing it touches and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Never worry about the delay of your success compared to others because construction of a palace takes more time than an ordinary building.
Always look at the clock when you are sitting idle; But never look at the clock when you are working!