“I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.”

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.

Your friends are all the dullest dogs.

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!

In heaven an angel is no one in particular.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

I’m a strong person. I’m a warrior and I know what is inside of me.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.