“Ask advice of him who governs himself well.”

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Nothing is hidden under the sun.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.

The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.

The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.

Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

Water is the driving force in nature.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Life without love, is no life at all.

The work of those who do tomorrow may come, but tomorrow never comes.

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.

The secret of peace is to listen to more music & less advice.

To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

Do not tell jokes that ain’t funny. 

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is silence.

Never help an ungrateful person get on their feet.