"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
"We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases."
"Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill."
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."
"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."
"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
"There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at."
"A clever man commits no minor blunders."
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone."
"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."
"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time."
"To rule is easy, to govern difficult."
"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste."
"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses."
"Nothing is worth more than this day."
"Few people have the imagination for reality."
"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."
"I call architecture frozen music."
"I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator."
"To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us."
"Every step of life shows much caution is required."
"Precaution is better than cure."
"The coward only threatens when he is safe."