Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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 bitterest.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.