Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

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

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

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

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

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.