Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

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

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

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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!

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

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Time wounds all heels.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

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

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.