Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

A precedent embalms a principle.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.