If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development
The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.
If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.
When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer.
