Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.
True happiness springs from moderation.
But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an elect few.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.