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

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

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

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.