Wisdom of the day · 27 September 2026

The strongest of all warriors are these two: time and patience.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

The legs of the reasoners are made of wood, and wooden legs stand terribly unsure.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.