The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

The fastest way to double your money is to use Cosmic Ordering.

The devil has a Ph.D. in perfect logic.

If more people had put their fellow human beings before abstractions last century, we shouldn't be where we are now.

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you.

Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once.

It was her way of saying, "You should kill yourself.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

I do not know who I am tonight.