“If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.”

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.

You are your choices.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.

Don’t stumble over something behind you.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.

No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.

After death there is nothing.

Find a path or make one.

A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Time – the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of.

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

The truth is I’m getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don’t feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.

Delve deeper into your dreams to capture the visualized, yet unseen.

For years I could not cry. And I thought there was something wrong with me. Turns out I was crying after all – just not in tears.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.