Don't criticize what you can't understand.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.