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

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Intelligence is a moral category.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.