It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

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.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

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

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.