Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic