Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

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.

It never hurts a fool to appear before anaudience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

If we mix only a moderate minority share of turds with the raisins each year, probably no one will recognize what will ultimately become a very large collection of turds.

Too often faith is used as an epistemological device to avoid the hard labor of straight thinking.

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.

Nothing more isolating than a mental illness.

It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.

The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

I think that the anti-Microsoft sentiment is simply due to their having been so successful selling a lot of crap.