If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

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

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Criticize the act, not the person.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

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

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

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