No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

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

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.