“Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”

“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.”

“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”

“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. ”

“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.”

“I have a burden on my soul. During my long life, I did not make anyone happy, neither my friends, nor my family, nor even myself. I have done many evil things...I was the cause of the beginning of three big wars. About 800,000 people were killed because of me on the battlefields., and their mothers, brothers, and widows cried for them. And now this stands between me and God.”

“Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.”