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

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Resist much. Obey little.

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.

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

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

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

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

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

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.