Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

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

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

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

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

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

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

The lie is a condition of life.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.