There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

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

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

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

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

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

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

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.