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

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

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

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

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

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

The lie is a condition of life.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

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