A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.

There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know.

True religion teaches us to reverence what is under us, to recognize humility and poverty, and, despite mockery and disgrace, wretchedness, suffering, and death, as things divine.