Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

Choosing a mate is not a matter of can they do the job, rather will they. A partner of "potential" doesn't make for a happy marriage. Their actions have to be in line with your needs.

Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.

Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and additional resources for those trying to find a job.

Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference.

People have to want to change before there's any chance of helping them do so.

Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.

If only one fifth of your spells work you have real power. If only one fifth of your divinations work you have a serious disability.

Like I'm going to pass up an opportunity to smack your cousin.

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.

I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.