If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

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

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

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

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

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.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.