"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"The best armor is to keep out of range."

"After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box."

"It is not enough to aim; you must hit."

"Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out."

"He who begins many things finishes but few."

"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth."

"Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

"I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God."

"Work is the curse of the drinking class."

"Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddamn horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake."

"When you work with kids who have autism, they don't reciprocate any affection. You learn to find your self- worth within what you do, not what people tell you about yourself."