A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Be first the master of yourself

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.

The more you know, the more you will be able to appreciate the beauty of life and your heart will desire to learn.

People tend to spend so much time focusing on what they feel they can't do, rather examining the true potential of what they can.

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship.

When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.

You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy.

I like to stay hydrated with water throughout the day and snack on apples, but my guilty pleasure would definitely be a caramel macchiato from Starbucks!

The Christian has greatly the advantage of the unbeliever, having everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

I say to my breath once again, little breath come from in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.