I am not young enough to know everything.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.