Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

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

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

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

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

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

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.