One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Criticize the act, not the person.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

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.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

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