Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own.
The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.