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

Wisdom begins at the end.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

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

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

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.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

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

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.