They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

No one had ever given me any idea on how to handle it when the right one came along, but you weren't the right one for him.

You are no more in your body than Beethoven is inside your radio.

It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.

I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.

They stared out their window at night enough to know where the darkest shadows lay, and it was to the darkest shadows they kept.

May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.

Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

As long as you can laugh at you, it won't bother you when others laugh at you.