"To live is well, but to live well is better"

"Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by."

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."

"A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it."

"Gossip needs no carriage."

"A kind word is like a spring day."

"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."

"Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women."

"Don't fear change, embrace it."

"Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so."

"When we are born we die, our end is but the pendant of our beginning."

"Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo."