Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

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