It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.