Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

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

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

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.