"Caution is the eldest child of wisdom...." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.”

“A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been.”

“To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the shadowfolds of life. To love is an accomplishment.”

“He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.”

“Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.”

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”

“You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious.”