If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

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

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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