True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.
Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.