Patience Is The Art Of Hoping.

Some Of Us Would Be Greatly Astonished To Learn The Reasons Why Others Respect Us.

The Counsels Of The Old, Like The Winter Sun, Shine, But Give No Heat.

When A Thought Is Too Weak To Be Expressed Simply, It Should Be Rejected.

Servitude Degrades People To Such A Point That They Come To Like It.

Superficial Knowledge ... Is Hurtful To Those Who Possess True Genius; For It Necessarily Draws Them Away From Their Main Object, Wastes Their Industry Over Details And Subjects Foreign To Their Needs And Natural Talent, And Lastly Does Not Serve, As They Flatter Themselves, To Prove The Breadth Of Their Mind. In All Ages There Have Been Men Of Very Moderate Intelligence Who Knew Much, And So On The Contrary, Men Of The Highest Intelligence Who Knew Very Little. Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.