The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Resist much. Obey little.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

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.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Desire is the very essence of man.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.