Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

The lie is a condition of life.

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

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.