We should render a service to a friend to bind him closer to us, and to an enemy in order to make a friend of him.

The middle course is the best.

Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

Be superior to pleasure.

Safeguard the health of both body and soul.

Be fond of hearing rather than of talking.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Be ready for reconciliation after quarrels.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.

Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong.

Long-lasting change that will help you create new habits and actions requires an inside-out approach, as well as two very important tools: the mirror and time.

How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.

We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with self.

My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.

Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live with - and it lasts a lifetime.