The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Live each day with the very best of expectations.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Bored with the upsetting realities of the day? Then leave yourself to the calming mysteries of the night!

I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.

The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.

And the name of the one shall be Fearfulness. And the name of the other shall be Arrogance... Well, clearly you are not Fearfulness, so I suppose you must be Arrogance.' This was not very polite.