The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

I think he won a tiny piece of my heart that day. If he didn't have the whole damn thing before then, he certainly had part of it now.

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

The way you get more is by having a daily spiritual practice.

They wouldn't be politicians if they knew what they were doing.

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

If the bear were to make a racial comment, it would be more likely to get a laugh than if a person on stage were to make a racial comment.

It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.

If you love yourself, you will be surprised: others will love you. Nobody loves a person who does not love himself.