Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

A man is literally what he thinks.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.