The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

The best pleasures of this world are not quite true.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.

Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels himself capable of doing.