“It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.”

Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.

To be is to do.

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

If changes are unavoidable, nothing is permanent. If nothing is permanent, everything is temporary.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

The greater number of people take their opinions on trust, to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent beings naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of a law, divine or human.

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.