“Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”

“Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.”

“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”

“I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.”

“Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.”

“When most I wink, then do my eyes best see”

“I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go.”