“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.”

“Nature turns all malfaisance to good.”

“Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.”

“Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it”