The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Wisdom begins at the end.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.