An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

If I could write a letter to my teenage self I'd probably say something like: "You ain't gonna believe what will become of you."

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

And death makes equal the high and low.

Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. Corfu? It's just a poor man's Pensacola.

The more we focus on the things we don’t have, the more unhappy and more resentful we become.

With vision we flourish.

Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.