To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

What can't be cured must be endured.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid