“A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.”

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Dogs wait for us faithfully.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle – friendship can only exist between good men.

Not for ourselves alone are we born.

Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.

Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one’s own advice.

If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.

You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.

The best advice I have been given is to live in the moment, as cliché as that sounds. It’s crazy.

The hypocrite takes good advice as an insult.

You’ve just got to give yourself time – that’s good advice I think. Give yourself time to figure out what you’re good at and what you’re not good at.