Where you stand depends on where you sit.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
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.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.