“People who make no noise are dangerous.”

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

The worst time is always the present.

We are never content with our lot.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

He knows the universe and does not know himself.

Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.

By the work one knows the workman.

We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.

It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.

Sensible people find nothing useless.

It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

The agony comes in waves. Pulling me down into its treacherous depths disguised as love. You are inviting and warm, but unpredictable and dangerous.

Being confident feels great. But there is a risk involved of you being too proud of yourself. How is this dangerous? You don’t realize this.

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all.

Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

Mind: A beautiful servant, a dangerous master.

Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody.

No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.