What's done can't be undone.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

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

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.