The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

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

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Be curious, not judgmental.

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

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

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

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.