Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstakingly practiced.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.

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

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).