MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.
The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.
Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.
One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.