The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

God determines the path of every man.

Fools are those who do not understand, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Take your actions carefully to avoid unwanted results

Maybe it's not just about finding the perfect friend, partner, or tribe, but finding the perfection in those you've already found.

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.

It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one.

I take pride in just knowing how to do things. Whenever a coach tells me to do something, I always try to do it the way he said or do it to my best ability.

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so.

Drink! For you know not whence you came nor why.