Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

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

Time wounds all heels.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

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

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

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

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.