The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

I am a citizen of the world.

People don't get to choose their family, but if you have the family you would choose - that's happiness.

Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.

Women over thirty are at their best, but men over thirty are too old to recognize it

Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.

Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.

I spoil a lot of people with my play. If you have three bad games in a seven-year career, people are going to point that out.

To the uneducated eye, as to the incurious mind, much of the world is in darkness, and a thousand songs are lost on the unlistening ear.

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.