You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

No woman is an island-ess. We fall in love in hope of anchoring ourselves to someone else, to keep from falling.

(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

I've always had a clear sense that time is short and we need to live as fully as we can in every moment.

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

I was young and stupid then. Now I'm not young anymore.

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.

Secular humanism debases the human.

The business virtue par excellence is honesty without it markets can't long survive.