It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
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.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.