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

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

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

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Time wounds all heels.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.