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

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

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

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

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

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.