“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.”

“I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.”

“Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.”

“...lest too light winning make the prize light.”