The true basis and propaedeutic for all knowledge of human nature is the persuasion that a man’s actions are, essentially and as a whole, not directed by his reason and its designs; so that no...

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave enough to follow through.

There’s no reason to not be humble, because as great as you may be, you can always be greater.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

Treat me as I am,and that I shall remain.Treat me as I wish to be,and that I shall become.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going.

A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.