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.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls
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.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
