It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.