We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd.

How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The society of women is the element of good manners.