It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim only at the good of the rulers are wrong.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

A persons character is shown through their actions in life NOT where they sit on Sunday.

My mother's last word to me clanks inside me like an iron bell that someone beats at dinnertime: love, love, love, love, love.

Don't expect to achieve and maintain financial success without understanding the difference between your wants and needs, and not allowing your wants to control your life.

Give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me.

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.

Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.

The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian.