I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.