Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.