Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.

God’s power supersedes any power.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy.

Rose: You're trembling. Jack: I'll be alright.

The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.

Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It’s a lack of resources.

He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.

Travel is a fools paradise.

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.