Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.

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Charles M. Schulz

I know the answer The answer lies within the heart of all mankind The answer is twelve I think I'm in the wrong building.

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William Shakespeare

You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.

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Wendell Phillips

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

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Benjamin Franklin

There are three great friends an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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Izaak Walton

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

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Czech Proverb

When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.

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Cicero, De Divinatione

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

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J. R. R. Tolkien, Spoken by Aragorn

The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

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Thomas Carlyle

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.

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Don Marquis

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

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Oscar Wilde

To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.

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