Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

If tears were liquor, I'd have drunk myself sick.

When you look at the Moon, you think, ‘I’m really small. What are my problems?’ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.

It is steadily forgotten that health is a diathesis as much as is scrofula or syphilis and that each of these is a mode of growth.

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.

I was at Live Aid the original, looking like Rolf Harris for some reason. I had a really long beard that day for some reason.

Disruptors don't have to discover something new; they just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries.

Sell before the holidays. Stock prices tend to rise on the last trading day before major holidays.

Writers do not write what they know. They write what they can imagine.