"We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature."

"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

"It is a quiet truth that creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous."

"Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones."

"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."

"Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side."