Wisdom Quotes

"We should preserve more virtue than we show" "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him." "The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it." "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts." "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." "No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience." "A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father" "I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few." "Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational" "Sometimes it comes to you first." "Not everything that is true needs to be stated" "Character is developed over time" "Obey the principles without being bound by them." "Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light." "When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form."