Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

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.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Be curious, not judgmental.

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

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

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.