By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.