Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand.
Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives.
Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
The grain of real knowledge is concealed in a vast deal of esoteric chaff.
