Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.

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.

I’m beginning to think that the world is divided into two kinds of men: those you can marry and don’t want to

Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.

That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life but in a new way.

Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence of a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green.

A personal website is vital, but it needs to change and evolve.

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.

I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed.

It's still fun to come to games, and it's still fun to be in the Seattle crowd.