Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

Philosophy is the highest music.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

A fool is wise in his eyes.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.

A lie cannot live.

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

I know love is the answer.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

It’s disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There’s no bravado to any of it; it’s just a disgusting little trick.

General consultant to mankind.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

Say not, ‚I have found the truth,‘ but rather, ‚I have found a truth.‘

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.