Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

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

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.