If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.
Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.
The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?
Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge.