Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

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.

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.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

Any idea of separation is bondage. True liberation of the mind is in non-differentiation.

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.

The future is easy because it doesn’t exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

If we have to sum up the Book of Revelation in one phrase, it would be, 'Jesus wins.

Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

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