Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.
A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.