Criticize the act, not the person.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.