A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.

Only humans are bestowed with the capability of learning from others’ mistakes. If we deny oneself this unique faculty, we deny oneself the chance to be a human.

You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.

Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big.

I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.

We all get pigeon-holed or put in a box, no matter what that might be.

Socialism has been an abject failure across the face of the globe, millions have suffered under socialism, and yet we're not doing an effective job communicating that.

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.