Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

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.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

A friend to all is a friend to none

What's done can't be undone.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.