Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Time wounds all heels.