It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
Desire is the very essence of man.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.