I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

The past stands in the path of the future, knowing it will be crushed.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print

Some charities treat donors like cash machines. Until now there hasn't been any effective way for them to provide a more personal or interactive giving experience.

The discovery informs about the origins and early evolution of arthropods, the most ubiquitous, species-rich, morphologically diverse and successful animal group on Earth.

Some things we must pass over in silence.

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.

The magic of the music seems to light the way.

I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'

Donald Trump made it clear in that very interview that America will stand by our allies. We will uphold up our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.

We have changed. We are no longer, as I said, bipedal monkeys. We are instead a kind of cybernetic coral reef of organic components and inorganic technological components.