Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)

Creativity is when a stupid clever soul gets up from bed and do amazing things that makes the world think he is wise.

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey.

My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!

The most mighty of nature's laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.

Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.

May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen.

We’re in the midst of a boom in home-based businesses, and it shows no sign of slowing.

As long as you live, learn how to live.