It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.