Hope is a great falsifier of truth.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

And since when is stealing people's possessions the call of God? you are all hypocrites who have suddenly come into power, and you don't know how to handle it

Either plan your life or get ready to get lost.

I had to fight with myself 'cause he's so good, yet he's so popular.

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

I'd just like to think that there's some kind of underworld where whoever's been lost at sea is there... I dunno, there probably isn't, but I'd like to believe there is.

If you don't watch out, putting on your unhappiness in the morning can become as instinctive as putting on your clothes.

As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale: "Oh, I say, some girls are bigger than others, Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.

Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think.

Investment philosophy is the clear understanding that by owning shares of stocks he owns businesses, not pieces of paper.

The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.