Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.