“A good intention does not mean honor.”

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.

So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.

We will take the good-will for the deed.

If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.

I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.

I am going to seek a great perhaps.

One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.

It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.

Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.

I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

At the end of the day, if you feel like you’re a good person, and your intentions are good, then that’s all that matters.

What is the quality of your intent?

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

Intentions and actions don’t always align…so before I react I try to remember that.

Intentions create destiny.

You’re responsible for your intentions. I’m responsible for my interpretation of your intentions.

Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember – nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand.

Discipline – Success doesn’t just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.