All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything.

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

Truth is more in the process than in the result.

If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war and everyone in the room will start to laugh. And what do you mean war?

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil.

Down time is not the name of the game.

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.