We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

A precedent embalms a principle.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

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

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

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

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.