“Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.”

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

A mind at peace does not engender wars.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

Laziness is the mother of all evils.

You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.

Knowledge must come through action.

Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.

In season, all is good.

Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

I don’t care what you play, where you’re from, who you produce. It depends on what you’re doing when you’re with me. That’s what counts. I don’t pre-judge anything or anybody.

There are too many people that depend on me. I’m too obligated. I’m in too far to get out.

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

The future of Japan’s economic growth depends on us having the willpower and the courage to sail without hesitation onto the rough seas of global competition.

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

Vote like our future depends on it. Because it does.