“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom.

It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.