Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

Let the questions be the curriculum.

Wisdom is knowing when you don't know

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

The friend must be like money, that before you need it, the value is known.