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

"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."

"It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats."

"Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better."

"A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life."

"Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result."

"Bullwinkle: You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the outfit.General: What does that make you?Bullwinkle: What else? An executive..."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry."