I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.