I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

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

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.