A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Understanding how little we know is crucial to gaining knowledge.

The older the friendship, the stronger the trust.

Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?

There will come a time when people will realize the greatest mysteries of the universe: will a human then meet anything other than himself?

In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature.

Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false friendship.

Acquiring knowledge through the centuries has influenced human society more than all other factors.

The development of civilization was marked by constant changes. This will continue – therefore, the future will belong to people ready for change.

Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.

Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.

A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.

Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.

Longfellow smiled. "A great part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, my dear Lowell, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

Not a very pretty world, is it?""Which one?

In the bosom of success lie not delights but deprivations

Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.

Take thou of me, sweet pillowes, sweetest bed; A chamber deafe of noise, and blind of light, A rosie garland and a weary hed.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

Can't all beasts be tamed?