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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

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

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

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!

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.