What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Because Filipinos are very creative and assiduous people, they will always find a way to make things happen.

Don't let anyone ever tell you that you can't have it all - they just don't have the juice to figure it out.

I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which is at most knee-deep, with my feet bound in cement.

The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.

How quiet the writing, how noisy the printing.

If the research agenda reflects "market forces", the problems of the poor are likely to be even more neglected than they already are.

I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

Experiment is the sole judge of the validity of any idea.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.