To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it. To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

People with tact have less to retract. Wise men regret less.

The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.

It is a good workman that never blanders. A wise man will make a mistake every time he thinks.

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. Speak when you should speak and be silent when you should be silent.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. Contentment makes the poor rich; greed makes the rich poor.

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. If you want to understand now, you have to study history.

Liberty means reponsibility. That is why most men dread it. Liberty means responsibility, that is why most people fear freedom

The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. Even in heaven, people will still find mistakes.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed. Life is like a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.

Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. The appearance of humility is the easiest to deceive.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles. Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles.

A man who fears suffering is already from what he fears.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.