Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
The insignificant labor, the great create.
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.