The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
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.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
