Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

The lie is a condition of life.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

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

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.