The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.

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.

Royalty does good and is badly 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.

What's the best place to hide a car? In an airport long-term lot. Like where's the best place to hide a grain of sand? On the beach

When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Amazons Jeff Bezos, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.

I love you, Ella May," I whisper, kissing her cheek. "And one day I want to be doing this exact same thing at our wedding.

Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.