Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.