Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

A Man of wisdom is one who discusses everything other than his achievements, a Fool speaks only of his achievements

Words can be worrisome, poeple complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.

It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust but to know.

Just after Kim Jong Il's death, the official news agency put out an article saying that under Kim Jong Il's rule, the people had been like naive children without a care in the world.

Priorities and purpose help keep us on track.

It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting.

. . . planning a brilliant menu and preparing it beautifully doesn't guarantee a recipe for success.

To be perfectly honest, it isn't fair that people have used my personality, and the sacrifices I make because I want to, as an indication that I want to be in a political office.