Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
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.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.