Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.
Any 20 year-old who isn’t a liberal doesn’t have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn’t a conservative doesn’t have a brain.
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Dont go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
Upon retiring, sleep as if you had entered your last sleep. Upon awakening, leave your bed behind you instantly as if you had cast away a pair of old shoes.
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
All that appears is devoid of independent existence, just like a magical apparition or a dream.
That which builds is better than that which is built.
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
