Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.