Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him.

You should know which opportunities to choose.

The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.

Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry.

Forgiveness is better than revenge.

Do well the duty that lies before you.

Know your opportunity.

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.

If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.

All wealth comes from adding value, from producing more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than someone else.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Islam should be compared to other totalitarian ideologies like Communism or Fascism.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so.

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.