“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.”

“For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood.”

“I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience.”

“Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lender's books, and defy the foul fiend.”