It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.