Aphorisms
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Never judge a book by its cover.
A good man apologizes for the mistakes of the past, but a great man corrects them.
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.
Every morn brought forth a noble chance, and every chance brought forth a noble knight.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
My pride fell with my fortunes.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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