The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.

Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.

The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.

It is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown.