Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

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

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

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

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.