You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.