Without tact you can learn nothing.
We make our fortunes and we call them fate.
It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Nature is stronger than education.
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.