It is tact that is golden, not silence.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

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

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

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

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

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

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.