How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Humans assign gender to God, so the first question to ask ourselves is who decided God was male? The second question is why?

Over the years I've received thousands of e-mails looking for guidance. Some have real problems

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

Without someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right.

There is no reward equal to that of doing the most good to the most people in the most need.

I accomplished something big and that's a memory I will never forget.

Art is science in the flesh.

Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle.

I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.

Quack: A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand. A vain boastful pretender to physick; An artful, tricking practitioner in physick.