The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
I think, therefore I am.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Resist much. Obey little.