“A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.”

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.

What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.

You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.

Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.

Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Always desire to learn something useful.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.

A lie never lives to be old.

I was always too mature for my age – and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.