Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.

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.

To truly understand a man, you must look at his enemies.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

My brother, are war and battle evil? Necessary, however, is the evil; necessary are the envy and the distrust and the back-biting among the virtues.

Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it

It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education.

They that believe that ignorance is bliss, are ignorant and have never known bliss.

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.

The idea of God grew side by side with the idea of materialism.