To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed).

In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.