Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.