The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

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

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.