If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.