| Study the past if you would define the future. |
| Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it. |
| There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. |
| Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. |
| Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established. |
| I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being. |
| Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated. |
| Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. |
| By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter. |
| Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. |
