Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

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.

A leader must stand up for his team even when he has to stand alone.

That rotten houseboat turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.

Sects differ more in name than tenets.

Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.

You wake up one morning, those years are gone. There's a comfort in this fact perhaps. I want to think that there must be comfort in all facts we can't alter.

Elections have consequences.

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.

I know so many people who are eaten up by regret. It manifests itself in so many ways. They either become mentally a bit off, or they get very fat, or they are just horribly depressed.