Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

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

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.