“My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.”

Soul and intellect are just the same things.

It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

When you’re taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, what value does that put on love?

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend

The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.