To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Live, Love and be grateful you are capable of it.

Today. This bright new day that awaits us

I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.

California is, in many respects, best understood as a nation-state. In the environmental-energy realm, California possesses far-reaching legal authorities that other states do not.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

Love based upon indulgence of animal passion, is at best a selfish affair, and likely to snap under the slightest strain.

The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.

We all know fear. But passion makes us fearless.

Misery and shame are nearly allied.